About Georgia weekly telegraph, journal & messenger. (Macon, Ga.) 1880-188? | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1882)
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Corn, -n mdence comalalng Important new*, and discussion* of living topics, 1* solicited, le-.t must be brief and be written upon but or.i V.e of the paper, to have attention. HemlUiaec* snonld he made by Epres*. Money Order, it Itegtotcrcl Letter.. Al! •.ianunlf»tioii* should lie addressed to J r. II AX SON. Mm.ngor, Macon, Georgia. FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1882. Tni - was a blind Slier herd who lad the Isinbs to n guano bed, in place of a pasture •rtthjl. Fr >m p resent indications Blaine's Peru vian siotuio promises to produce a lusty eronoi liars. A rnsvrtmos of commercial fertilizer Inspectors seems to lie in session at the national capital. Din not my Lord Roseoe and Lady Kate tL-lt that Garfield letter out of one of Judge Chase's old trunks ? Tpr i H'j'Wtic atmosphere of the capital has beta freshened by the turning up -* the Peruvian'guano business. One of oar esteemed Western contcmpo- r.trics has touched the key note. He speaks of “the proj>o*ed navy.” Homi refutations are likely to become as fragrant as tho guano beds of Pern, under the tunneling o. a Congressional commit tee. UcscnxssJfJdr SrrrJi is taking revenge on Larry Gantt by sending him some corn But Lurry swears that it didn’t come in i jug, T: is • .Monishing to sec how rapidly^ un der the influence of the Chinese fear, (he Republicans nre developing into local self-government men. Tits flrst “punkin” bug of the season put in an appearance yesterday. It is remark ed that lie wears the same old perfume , upon his {iocket liandkercliief. It is rumored that your Uncle Sammy Tildcn has lieen trnnsflxed by one of the arrows of the rosy god, and is writhing in - tue last throes of bachelorhood. It mny just be |>ossib!e that Conkling declined going on the Supreme bench be cause ot the necessary association with Bradley. We had not thought of that. Ome of the HOC medal liearers, in nosing about tho capital, mistook the Peruvian guano committee for a stalwart caucus. He cgptained that he was misled by tho •mell. We were enabled on yesterday to festoon ocr coal bin with a variegated bouquet of spring poetry. Perbajis the “eager and nipping air” of last night may check the rise of the sap. John Chinaman is now the most consum mate villain that walks tho Pacific slope. Hi* latest exploit is to eject an immense quan'ity of bogus silver dollars into Uncle Sam’s circulation. Alex Stii-hexs is having a longer latch string made for Liberty Hall, and the latch is to work on the hair trigger principle. Stephens proposes to retire from politics, bnt not from his friends. ' Outran announces in a roundabout way thnt he will not .be a candidate for the Legislature from McIntosh this year. Grnbb has learned that for a man to be happy lie must be virtuous. _____ Is love, politics and war letters are dangerous things. Blaine seems to lie on the nigged edge of another Mntligan scrape, nnd Garfield’s fame is wilting wider the disclosures ot his war corres pondence. Cntoioo water is what upset Mr. Beeoher. Mr. Beecher has been accustomed to filter wlist little water he takes through three- fingers of whisky, bnt. being close pressed by the committee of escort, bad to neglect his usual precaution. The Southern press is defending the civilization and intellect of the negro, while Republican Senators are denounc ing negro intellect, civilization and all. Perhaps, in tlie language, of Rev. John Jasper, “the son do move.” Cum. Georgia can furnish her young men the means of developing the peculiar talent of each, there must always be some thing lacking in her Inbor system. We have known some ml«erably poor farmers ’ that, would have made first class me chanics. Em run H. II. Cabjucmh announces the sale of his paper, the Monroe Advertiser, to Mr. John T. Waterman, late of the Athens Banner. Editor Cabaniss does not announce his own programme, bnt whatever be it, we trust he will not for sake the old regiment in which all were Colonels. Wmuf Congressional matters grow dull in Washington, Gorham, in the BeptMi- can, staff* a pair of Whitelaw Reid’s old pants with Hay, nnd bellows terrifically. Tho unsuspecting public thinks that Gor ham pants for gore, Imt nothing is more foreign to Ids innocent son!. It is all for amusement. Th* heathen Chinee cannot become a iV citizen of the United States, although the denizen of Guinea can flop your side and kill yonr vote nt any precinct in the land. Hop Sing tried to capture's ballot in New York City, bnt L ,!go Blatchford declined to issue the v doenmen's. Tna sentimentalists seem wonderfully [ at tho sentence of Sergeant Ma son, bnt the common sense of the country .. j, r.ives it. It i* true bnt little sympathy hive been felt by the public for : i if Mason’s bnllet bad nccom- ■ 1 . lita murderous mission. Yet the inwi wt l»e vindicated from this nnwor-l runted violation. exhibitioS* of’opposilion to rother in tho North was given •1- r’her daj liy a Now Jersey horse to- *indHi JnckeoiL It was with great tiiflic.ilij tin: th Tun !.: tin. color nine's life. 1 f ‘‘ two attiu k.- npo ■jthe: to I 'd not at he laid no u-e • bystanders saved tho enraged animal made tlie negro. Tlio horse t-n regarded os vicious, >r the youth pioi-oees ou ampbell W allace for gov- ,1J make an horns and jagistrato, but the Major i Jd* grtp on the goozlo of Ws to Ik- king of tho ibor % Pri mu ■k of^krtr; ia so Tpii A Poly tectonic College Seeded. We arc confident that there to a leaven now distributed lu Georgia, which will eventually work out her salvation. Briefly slated it is afresh young enetgy that has never suffered defeat, and is not hampered by an inherited burden. Many or the old traditions, not suited to tliese times, have perished or are crumbling away, and a flew courage, which a future of limitless poulbilities has fathered, finds itself face to face with another order of things. The time has come when think ing men are ready to accept tho proposi tion once so contrary to our beliefs, that without constant and varied employment for its people, there can be no strong ma terial advancement of our State. Bnt while advocates ora diversified system of labor arc numerous, singularly enough few practical suggestions leading to a general enlargement and diversification of our labor, have been furnished. Right here, it seems to us, to the great problem with which our economists and legislator! should grapple. If we were called upon to state what In our opinion is the prime cause of distress amongst the farming classes, we would say that it orig inates from a lack af diversity in the labor system of the State, and a consequent' forced idleness of a large part of it. place this cause far above the lack money capital, aud the one crop mania much talked about, and which is in fact the outgrowth of the other evil. Labor is but force—the State’s labor, but the ag gregate of all the atoms. Tbit immense force wielded iu ouc cr two directions can never enrich the people, or develop tho State. As a matter of fact it cannot ex ert its full power. It is only when exert ed in a myriad separated ways, when its parts are brought into conflict with each other, that Its full power is exacted, and the highest results obtained. To apply this force and these forces is the duty of the hour. It is the duty not only of the pres), but of the legislature, and it can only be done by opening up new fields for the eager energy of the young. A collegiate graduatc^jr a boy with a high school education, has but small choice when he comes forth to take his place in the ranks of labor. There is a clerkship on the right, a profession on the left aDd a farm behind him, and for the want of capital which maybe cither cash or skill, there stares him in the face a dire necessity to cboosa quickly what ever he may choose. li. may be that in bis youug mind there floats a craving for the bright colon of the artist, or the even lines and keen tools of the mechanic; that away off in his longing there is the whirr of wheels, the roar of machinery and tho charms of invention, which beckon him into a fairy country. In vain the longiug. There lies a gulf between him and them - a gulf of ignorance; and turning aside he is lost in the multitude about him. Throughout our cities, in our stores, upon our comers, in our villages, in all our public places to-day may be seen hun dreds of young men dispirited, ambitionless, drifting with-the tide. -ie- cause chance has forced them into uncon genial occupations, or occupations in which there is little chance to rise. The great trouble is we are trying to cast our young men in a half dozen moulds, and when we suc ceed in getting one perfect result we spoil a dozen jobs. To us there is some- tbiug pathetic in the condition of the average young man in Georgia. It is all nonsense to say he will not work, or is afraid of work. Necessity forces him to do the very thing he is said to be too proud to do. There is no honest employ ment too menial for him. But poor pay and little chance of advancement does not make him moral, uor does it make him cheerful. With an undefined-Idea that something will turn up, he floats with the crowd. With our young women, whom necessity or inclination drives to labor for wages, the field of action is even more circumscribed. Now, let us look at the situation. Here is Georgia ready tor a great manufacturing career, and no skilled labor at band. What is the result? The skilled labor, as it is demanded, must be brought here from distance, or the labor wchave at band must be taught. The State has established an agricultural college with branches, and devoted much aUentiou to scientific agriculture. Let the State do for tho twin sister what she has done for agricul ture. Establish somewhere in the State a polytechnic college wherein shall be taught the liberal arts free of all charge; where a boy or girl—rich or poor—may enter, ana, choosing from many, perfect himself or herself in the art to which his or her life is to be devoted. Teach them the use of tools, the value and use of metals the strength and nso of woods, the intricacies and combinations of machinery, the power of steam and electricity, the rules ot architecture and drawing, teach them technical skill, teach them how to manufacture, and graduate each in tlie department he ha* thoroughly masL red. Such a college has Massachu setts and New York. They are common in the old countries. When wo have built up one for Georgia, wo believe the problem will have been solved. Turn out Into the State each year a class of skilled mechanics, architects and engineers and there will be no want of skilled labor. Little manufactures of every de scription will spring up right and left, the idle will be employed, tl,ere will arise a demand fbr everything the farmer can produce, a sale for every article the man ufacturer can put forth, and prosperity, such as we have never known, will rule in the land. With no idle labor, with a rapidly shifting purchasing power, with a good market and constant demand, any country under the sun is prosperous. Di versity of labor and protection of tho manufacturing Industries, wo believe, is the secret of success. Tho Utter we have; let the Legislature supply the means of reaching the other. Cotton statement. According to the Financial Chronicle of Friday, March 10, tho receipts at all the ports since September 1st, up to date, were 4,117,235 bales compared with 4,810,- 212 bales in 1881, and 4,334,039 bales iu 1880, showing a falling ofi compared with last year’s receipts of 092,077 bsies, and as compared with 1880 of 217,404 bales. The receipts for the week ending on Friday last were 58,747 bales, against 140,120 bales last year, and against 04,308 bales in 1880. Stocks in interior towns were 315,973 bales against 310,232 bales the same week last year. The total visible supply up to last Fri day nlgbt was 8,049,470 nSftes, against 3,008,152 bale* last year, and 2,010,520 in 1880. Thess figures indicate an in. crease in cotton in sight up to that date of 41,324 bales as compared with 1881, and as compared with 1880 of 432,950. Mitfdlln^otton in Liverpool last Fri day was 0 5-8, and at same date last year it was 0 3-10. j Atlanta ia in the midst of one of her semi-occasional political convulsions with Independents, liberals, and the odds nnd ends of everything in inextricable confu sion. The.situation has baffled tlie cool strategy of Col. Thorn ton.and t hough Hoke Smith has drawn out a string of'conun drums from Mynatt that would famish the fore end of a programme ofTho “Big Four Minstrels,” the din and distress is alarm ing. Unmindful of all this, Jim Banks lays his railroad track six dsys in the week, and plays the wary trout on a Sun day, while his friends anxiously turn their eyes to the southeast and. sadly murmur: “Oh! for the touch of a vanished band,” etc.' Senator Jones, of Nevada, oed Ed monds, of Vermont, have downed Sambo along with the Chinese. Jones woald make a first rate seceseionist with half a kliowtng, while Edmunds’ utterance* on ini colored brother aro enough to mnko Stunner come out of hip grave. Bytlu In , , u( wiint : '.ins the coloic.i brother be< * to the Republicans anyway'( Lessons f*oj« the Life of Saint Petf.r. Six Essays. By A. A. Lipscomb, D. I)., I.L.D., Emeritus Professor Vanderbilt University. Macon. Go.: J.W. Burke A Co., publishers. Price 50 cent*. This to a porlly pamphlet of 120 pages, active in its general make-up, and nted in good clear type. The author is well known to most of our readers as an eloquent divine nnd accom plished scholar. His peculiar adapteda6as to such a subject inducts the reader to ex pect something fresh nnd vigorous from the life of this wonderful ApoBtlo. It is true tho subject is not n new one, bnt tho learned author succeeds in the very outset in grouping around his hero so many at tractive featuros that tho reader is carried forward with the intensest desire to the fu 1 development of Peter’s character. The transition from the hnmble fisherman on the sea of Gnii'oe to the boldest advo cate of Christianity beloro the Jewish Sanhedrim in Jerusalem was marked by the most varied experience. All these changes nnd contests with natnre are brought ont most distinctly and graphically by the author of this unpreter- tions pamphlet. Peter’s'life was not only interesting as a stidy, bet exceedingly in structive. “St. Mark and St. John show a deeper insight into his nature than St. Matthew and St. Lake. St. Mark’s graphic power of delineation does not exaggerate a single incident or any aspect of an inci dent, while St. John’s tender attachment to his friend does not prevent him from te’ling the sad story of his fail. We have different Julias Ciesars in biographies and histories, nnd certainly, one would find it an extremely hard task to got a single Na poleon BlBkparto out of the biographies and histories professing to describo him. They are marked by the some distinctive contour of the man, and the light and shadow fall on the same outstanding fea tures.” The Doctor exhibits the discipline through which Peter, the impetuous, eelf- asserting follower, was elevated to the im perious leader of the new dispensation The lessons are numerous and important, as well as clear and practical, drawn from the life of St. Peter. It will pay to give this little volume a careful pernsal. There to food for thought in it and we commend it to the reader. The Tariff on Cotton Goods. In the Boston Commercial Bulletin we find the beneficial workiugs cf the protect ive tariff admirably set lorth in an article upon cotton goods. Rays the Bulletin: Last week we reviewed the effect of the tariff on wool and woolen goods for the purpose of giving a practical illnstration of the beneficent influence of protection. It was shown that the high rates of doty- on those articles hod been as beneficial to consumers ns to producers; for, while our wool nnd woolen interests have been dc- veloi>ed and stimulated, domestic skill and ingenuity nave also been engendered to such an extent as to place many wool fab rics within the reach of the masses to-day at prices from 10 to 42 percent, lower than any which were iiossible during the era of free trade. A little research will show tlint equally satisfactory results have been achieved by tho tariff on cotton goods. In the revenae-tnriff year ItoiO, when the population of the United States was bnt ISO,000,000, onr imports of bleached, print ed, and dyed cotton piece goods were rai ned at $25,03i,00L In the protective tariff year 1881, with a population of 50,000,000, onr imports of the same classes of fabrics were valued at but $028,01:1. Our manu facturers have now practically obtained entire control of the home market for such goods. Nor can it be asserted that such control has been obtained at tlie ex- Iiense of consumers, for printed calicoes were more than 50 i*er cent, higher in 1800 than they are to-day. In fact, nearly all standard classes of cotton goods average lower in price to-day than they did in the last low tariff year before the war, as will be seen by the following table, showing manufacturers’ net average prices now and in 1800. Abtici.es. I860. Standard sheeting per yd.. 8.73c Standard drillings do 8.92c Bleached shirtings do 15.50c Printed calicoes do 0.50o Printing cloths do 5.44c The number of cotton spindles in opera tion in theteUnited Stole.* is 11,500,000, against 5,000,00 in I860, and the wages of o|ieratives in onr cotton mills have risen fully 40 per cent, since thfcyenr last nam ed. In view, also, of the fact that some kinds of cotton good aro os high every where else in the world as they are in the United States, how foolish appears tlie pet theory of the anti-protectionists that the normnl value of n commodity to its Ameri can price minus the duty to which it to sub ject. The nlisnrdity of this oft-repeated mis statement to readily shown: The tariff on standa d sheetings to 57.42 per cent; this percentage of eight cents (tlie above quot ed price for these goods) to 4.69 cents, leaving the alleged foreign price 3.41 cents tier yard! Tlie fact to, the tariff on stand ard cotton goods to no more of a burden to the American consumer than to tlio tar iff on wheat or beef. American sheetings and drillings are being made for export in comiietition with similar grades of English goods, and several large coriMirstions in this State are almost exclusively run ning on goods of this class for exiiort and are now sold ahead np to next May. Nor will it do to say that the lower cost now is dac to a Uccrcaso in tlie oost of raw material. The average price of middling npland from 186C-C0 was two or threo cents n pound less than the uverago price for the five years 1876-81. 1802 8.00c 8.00c 12.35c G.I7o 4.00c Holmef. Ajoiidown, in the Florida Uuion writes: “ Practical experience to sufficient to provo that like living to cheaper in tho United States than in Europe in all her great industrial centers, and that tho labor er to paid here generally doable that he re ceives there. The laborer, it to admitted, expends moro for bto living in this country than in Europe, bat lives better and to far better clothed, and is enabled by his great er pay to invost in savings banks, Ilvo in iscs of tbeir own, and in many instances become capitalists in tho industries in which they aro engaged.” Political Poltroonery. The Democratic party of Georgia has been challenged to battle a V out ranee. The contest sounded is not to be one be tween two high and honorable parties over a difference in measures and men, so slight that no injury can ccme to the State, if the fair fortnue of war may fall to tho one or the other side.' The party to summoned to give an account of its stew ardship, to bring forth its books,itspapers its accouuta and vouchers. 'Che Assault to made upon its intelligence, its integrity, its character and Its capacity. And It is made by m ordinary foe. The challenge does not come from the handful of Federal offica-bolders, who liavo fat tened upon the misfortunes of our people, and whose tenure ot office has depended upon the amount of lies and slanders they could concoct and invent and forward to Washington to be used in firing the North ern heart. It does not come from the mass of idle and vicious negroes who are living in a state of vagrancy and crime about the cities, towns aud villages of the State. It does not como from the unprin cipled white men with an inherent love for mtochiel and deviltry and who have a natural antipathy to all that to open, honorable and of good repute. But these elemeuts which we have enumerated, aud which have been kept in subjugation ana control by the process of tbe law and its ministerial and executive officers, bave been combined in a common causo aud, under tbe leadership of desperate and am bitions men, they seek the Overthrow of the State government of. Georgia, aud tbe destruction of tbe Democratic party. These leaders charge that the Democratic party has outlived, tbe days ofjts useful ness and honor, that it Is a trnrden upon tlie material progress and welfare of tbe people, that It lias been unwise in council, weak in action, aud corrupt in methods, and tliat its representative men arc imbeciles and liars, who rob, insult aud oppress tbe tbe weak and helpless. And upon this fearful bill of Indictment they propose to go to tho country.and tbe Democratic party is arraigned and called upon for its de fence. It must fight for its character, for its power and position, or it must plead guilty aud accept the punishment of over throw and banishment. The party which with an euergy and courage unequaled, rose up and drove from the high places of tbe State tbe imported bandits and tbe native thieves who bad fattened upon tbe bard earnings of tho people, who bad wasted and stolen the public treasure aud who bad brought disgrace and ruin upon a proud people. That party which for ten years has held the power it rightfully won, is now assailed by the mongrel mass which bos banded together for plunder, and to ebailenged to come forth and meet tbe issues tendered. Has tbe Democratic party of Georgia sunken so low that it cowers belore such a foe? Are its nerves shaken by tbe bluster and bravado of a parcel of political tramps! Because these renegades aud vagabonds are backed up by an unscrupulous faction now in possession of tbe national government, are Georgia Democrats afraid to meet them in any field of tbeir selection? Is tho Democratic party agreed that it will dodge this issue and avoid a fight,'and by so doing enter up a plea pro con/esso t Are Geoigia Democrats prepared to es tablish sucb a piece of political poltroon ery as tbe world has not yet witnessed, by refusing to march out aud to join issue with the audacious vagrants and rapscal lions, who are trying to frighten them with noise and bluster? We do not believe tbe rank aud file, tbe honest and sturdy yeomanry of tbe party entertain apprehension or are disposed to dally for an instant. The men who have faced dangers far more fearful than any now in front of them, with unfailing resource and unflinching nerve, are not demoralized by tbe situa tion. They do not ft>ar tlio loud-mouthed and pot-valiant bullies who are swagger ing about eudeavoring to intimidate peace- ful'citlzens with coarse threats and loud curses. They are prepared to grapple with these varlets aud bullies, and to baste them into a condition of respectful, if sul len silence. In a word, the intelligent and honorable men of tbe Democratic party are ready to perform any duties, to make any sacrifices that may be required of them to maintain tbe integrity of tbe party and tbe permanency of a good State government. There can be no call made upon them to which they will not freely and promptly respond. There were Instances In tbe late war, when officers placed in command, at tbe supreme moment of peril abaudened tbeir men and sought safety in flight. But tbe men stood tbeir ground and won safe ty by defeating tbeir foes. The Demo cratic men of Geoigia are equal to the emergency of repeating the example of the soldiers of the Confederacy. They do not fear Indcpendenttom, Liberalism, or whatever name Radicalism may please to rally under. They have no excuses to render or compromises to make with any one, In a matter involving good char acter and good government. Then why this labored effort to mako a leader by common consent ? Where tbe necessity of employing a questiona ble diplomacy to induce an old and hon ored public servant to forego bto desire and intention to seek rest aud repose, aud to rush into tbe political lists agtin ? Aro peace and official preferment to bo pur. chased rather by avoidance and compro mise, than by open and sturdy fighting ? In politics, as iu war, tbe defensive line leads only to ultimate defeat aud sure render, and tbe leader who falls to lead bis party to tbe fight, when its num bers and discipline aro intact, Is guilty of political poltroonery, or, if possible, some thing much worse. It would seem that tbe French Chamber of Deputies has been studying American political tactics. The members aro plead ing for free passes over railroads and in creased salaries. They must havo heard of the Georgia Legislature. It just occurs to ns that John B. Gorman, an adopt in this department, has been to Franco. No donbt tlie whole scheme was drawn ont of him by some persistent newspaper report- | It commended itself to versatile Frenchmenj and is about to be adopted by the government. We never knew how John eecored Iris title of “Ooant” before. Wo understand it now. Eleven* of ib<< tweiv R -;.uUli Aiii New England .ufi-Chlm>e Mil. The next House of Representatives promises to be very closoiy divided be tween the two parties. Tbe clerk oflhe House to a Republican, thoroughly train ed and educated in tbe ways and methods of Radicalism. We do not believe ho will permit any Democratic Congressman at large to take part in tho organization of the House. For this and other reasons not necessary to be re-stated, we do not concur in the declsiou of- the Governor, aud bave availed ouise'ves of the privilege of making this dissent. After making snch a decision It was eminently right and proper that be should accompany it with the declaration that he would not bo a candidate. Upon this point there can be no division of senti ment or opinion. Tbe Independent-Liberal coalition will ball the decision of tbe Governor with great gratification. T bey will trade tbeir candidates for Congress for members of the Legislature in every county in the State. Present indications point to a very trafficky campaign. The Louisvilo Courier-J<jurnal, without any preliminary notifco, jumps np nnd asks: “What’s tho matter with the swcot potato crop 7” Suspicion cannot bo avert, ed in this way. A careful search will find tho last remnants of tho potato hill in the hind pocketi of tho C- J -'» outer gar* ment. t’HHHOWAts, deed. •Fortier H -yin, of Wash! •“There Is a probability that Mr. K««ne wlti have Foshan brought heme In tfme to mast Hindoo and Thors lu eetee ot the {tip races, Tax leading Colonel of tho Valdosta Times has raftered a misfortune. An ex change fiend has wandered off with his pet iuerechaum. There are tlmee in every man’s life when ho to justified in making cureory remarks, and Editor Pendleton to entitled to tho floor for a few moments. Oar Comlug Guest. A few days since, about tbe time that tlio monument erected by Cyrus W. Field to the memory of Major Andre was muti lated, tbe editor of tbe Detroit, Michigau, Post-Tribune, in commenting ou that act of vandalism, suggested that it would be a proper thing for some one to mutilate the monuments erected to the Confeder ate dead In the various cities of tho South. The suggestion was simply shocking, and in behalf of tho people of this section of Geoigia, wo undertook in advance to promise the enterprising Mich igander a warm reception and a comforta ble and a universal, or sort of unanimous suit, that is to say, coats, pants and vest, all of the same material, tar aud feathers. The Post-Tribune mau responds to the invitation as follows: A few days ago the Macon Telegraph hav ing promised us a coat of tar and feathers if wo would come down that way and shave the rebel glorification off from the rebel monu ments of the South, wc declined the offer os the inducements did not seem to come under the head of "gHttcring." But for fear our eyes may have overslippod tho Telegraph’s offer thcr hospitable Georgians have cut It out, and sent It along with appropriate comtqpnt. The offer of the Telegraph, standing alone, was de clined; but If the people of the South arc really making a public matter of it, and ns one man yearn to honor us with a great public ovation, perhaps we will go. Tlie people of Gcorgiu, therefore, can look for us at any time. And as tve find the following paragraph in the last issue ot the Post-Tribune it appears that he will tako Kentucky en route: An eight foot bronze image of the traitor Brcckinrlddc is to be erected at Lexington Ky. As our invitation of hospitality was tlie first extended, it would seem that according to all rules of etiquette and propriety, It should bo first accepted; but 11 this monument masber sliall get away from tbe “dark and bloody ground” with bis little hammer and chisel, hrnzering for more work, we wish it understood that our offer to still open. Tbe pitch to boiling, and tlie womeu wlio erected our monu ment will furnish a pillow or two for the occasio To add to tlie brilliancy and enjoyment of the occasion, tbe colored brass band, which Las successfully straddled the “Wearing of the Green” and “Marching through Georgia,” will furnish the music for the interesting ceremony. No cards, flowors or presents. Wire us, from Chat tanooga. The stomach pump has rescued cBother fool. There is a cloud of war in Europe about the size of Skobeloff’s liver pad. Gen. Gordon to trying to work off his Hnmpty-Dumpty money in Chicago. Gov. Colquitt has decided that it is toe expensive to call the Legislature to gether to rcdistrict tho State. This to tho sole reason he gives to a Constitution re porter, save that a granger friend of his wrote to him that it would bo inconven ient for lildt to attend. So we will bavo this lively addendum to tlie. coming cam paign. There to a strong probability that there will bo a candidate for Congress man at large in each Congressional dis trict. If a Democrat should be elected wo think It moro than doubt ful, it be is allowed to - take his seat in tbe next Houso. The United States lias the authority, or claims tbe authority to make, to amend, alter or modify the laws under which Con gressional representatives are elected. But they are really and in fact elected under tlie provisions of tlio special elec- . * » 'Tl.o Youn Undo Joseph rises to remark, “As I said before, so say I now.” See third page. Fausts, like stock, will thrive better if only looked after closely. Briers grow in the fence corners without cultivation. W* are in favor of immigration, but if some plan conldbe devised to sot the idlers to work, itwonld inure to Georgia’s benefit more than tho coming of ten thousand em igrants. Grant's cousin has been compelled to let the sheriff havo the Dallas, Texas, Gazette, a very Radical organ. He most havo been along with Cousin Sam in the lost stock deal. Gbakt carried John Russell Young aronnd the word as his valet. Now, ns tho old man to ont of a job, John could take him along to China as baggage master and high chamberlain Of tho jug. Tns great trouble with the Mississippi planters living near tho great river was, they didn’t havo np enough margin. Somo of our Georgia cotton men have been swamped for the same reason. A South Georgia exchange speaks of “monotony of American politics.” If there to anything varied, in this sublunary, sphere of sorrow, it is American politics. Gen’l P. M. B. Youno and Judge J. W. H. Underwood nro candidates for Con gressmon from the Stato at large. Whynotputup Col. W. J. W- Ham and run tho whole alphabet ? “•Delegate Cannon, referring to tlio re- l*.>rt that Brigham'Toting It alive, says he was axmitiistraUff of Brigham's, estate, .and aaw Bora parties, Democrats nnJ Independ ents in Georgia, are supposed to lie urging Stephens to ran for governor.—Nashville World. Tlie Independents are making some fran tic efforts in that direction, bnt Uuvernor Colquitt and Genornl Gordon are very small, insignificant and unimportant por tions of the Domocratio party of Georgia. Our Chattanooga conteiniiorary claims that it to forced to anchor tho Tele- ohaph in the river for twonty-four hours beforo it can bo clipped. This explains tho boiling condition of tho Tennessee river. General Gartrkll is having n looniy time. Nobody recognizes his candidacy among tho coalitionists. If it were not for tlie friendly notico given liitn by tho Dom ocratio press, ho would sleop on in ob livion. Parson Newman nnd Grant’s now church to on a boom. Sandy McDonald, one of tho most devout and exemplary of the communicants, says: “I’ll bo damned if I wouldn’t rather hear Newman on Nineveh than hoar Patti sing ?” Brother Barnes,the Kentucky revivalist, it great. Having snatched Gen. Baford from tho racing turf, ho has now coll ired a hoary-headed editor and converted him agnicst tho sin ot stealing paragraphs from hto exchanges. * . * # tlon laws ot the respoctlvcjStates. The _pporilonment' aet does not provide any machinery or law by wbicli a Congress man at large may bo elected. Nor does the State law provide for any such clcc- j tion. With tlie Radicals divided on tho Chi nese question, the Now England Senator* denouncing tlio negro, tho Stalwarts nnd half-breeds nt war over Garfield’s body, tlie Republican party presents an opportu nity for overthrow nover before witnessed. A real nobleman was that North Caro lina postmaster, who having loft his wife in charge of tlio office one day, found up on returning tlint a letter had been rob bed, nnd immediately pleaded guilty of ] embezzlement. Tlie President lias yar- Aoned him. _ Mvnar’s conundrums have been an swered. Some insane oLd enthnsiasic admirer of the now political Hercules pro poses him for Governor through the col umns of tho Atlanta Constitution. Mynatt to a wonderfully well preserved person. I appears from this correspondent, as afore said, that he might have played marbles with Andrew Jackson nnd Hugh Whits. •‘Hard Times.” - Rev. Sam Jones, ot Georgia, to reported asliaviug uttered the following recently in a lecture at Palmetto: 1. As to the origin. Darwin would say they were evolved from the nature of things in the gatden, when Adam raw ho must oe clothed, and no money, no means, no credit. John Stuart Mill -would say that, abstractly considered, they were brought into tbe world by tbe concurrent action of atoms, space aud accidents, but that these things can’t carry them out of the world. Ex perience teaches us that they bavo tbeir origin in false economy, laziness, prodi gality, etc. The farmer sits down aud calculates on paper bow much cotton, corn, etc., be will make, aud liow much he will get for them. He never calcu lates the cost of production, and leaves tio margin for abort crops, loss of stock, etc. Wherever or whenever it costs moro to run a farm than you get for the crop, hard times is tbe result. Merchants invite the presence of hard times in the stylo of goods sold to farm ers. Six dollar hats, fivc-dollar shoes, twenty-five dollar suits, and tbe exposi tion thrown in, don’t grow legitimately out of our present system of farm ing. The merchauta this year will realize about sixty-six cents on llieir col lections, and they will find, on examina tion of itemized accounts, that they bave about received pay lor the actual neces saries furnished the farmers. Clear iicadcd farmers and merchants of line judgment to the antidote for present trouble. TUE PARTIES AFFECTED UV HARD TIMES. 1. Those who trust to luck, or fortune, or genius. 2. Tho indolent. 3. Tlio prodigal. Tlie child who expects to fiud a bag of gold at the end of tho rainbow to not more chimerical than be who trusts to luck. The man who sits in the shade and bosses a crippled negro m*ke a crop, or who wastes bis substance on the cravings of pride, have each a clear case ot hard times. The farmer who puls in hto forty ceres to tlie mule, and buys bto corn at 81.25 per bushel and his other supplies at credit pr-ces, I tell you, the grass will get bis crop, tbe buzzards will get bis mule, and tbe sheriff will get him. Alter a bard year’s work he comes out like younger brother of mine, who ran away from home one moraiug aud returned late In tbe aiternoon. He said to me, gleeful ly, “Buddy, I bave made one dollar and teveuty-fivo cents to-day.” “How?” said I. “Teddliug cakes for Joe Craig.” “Well,” said I, “what did you do with your money?” “I took a cake for tbe dollar.” “Well, what did you|do with the seventy-five cents?” “I took another cake for that,” said he. Cakes without other things are dead, being alone. Some vio late every law of economy, aud then blame Providence for results. Like the brother at tho camp meeting, who gave liberally to the collections because he left a bad fence around his crop at Rome, and wanted great Providence to keep the stock out of bis Lelds. When he returned home, be found, to bto aston ishment that tho stock had demolished his crop! He went back to camp meet ing, complaining to tlie preacher of the dealings of Providence after hto liberality the day before. “ Well,” said the preach er, “the stock opgbt to bave eaten up your crop. Anybody that would make a gap-boy ot God Almighty should be eaten out of bouse and borne.” How many men in Georgia have assets enough to pay tbeir debts if they were forced on tbe market? Alex. Stephens may be a croaker, but be is no joker. Wo bavo one class of citizens who are easy. They aud tbeir families do not pauder to tbe fashions aud extravagances of the time. Like the Irishman, they do without the thing* they are obliged to havo; they will uo without rather than go in debt. A man said to me some time ago: “I can’t run without help next year.” He had corn and meat enough to do him. Hto wife remarked: “We can do without sugar in our coffee.” “No,” said he, “not as long as I can get credit.” I asked him, in the presence of bis wife: “Which would you like best, to be a man and have no sugar, or coffee eitber or to be a big baby, aud bave sugar and coffee, ooth?” There to more true raan- licod in a glass of cold water with com bread than in all luxuries oi life with the consciousness of dependence. Manhood lived out in economy, bonesly and truth fulness never tastes of bard times. Hard times lias a lesson for all, and that lesson to, “Every dog has had hto day.” A man who has met all demands up to the hour ho goes to bed, and then worries and rolls sleepless upon bis bed because of tbe de mands of to-morrow, is as unjust to him self as be to unwise. Let us never meet hard times on half way grouud. REMEDY FOB HARD TIMES. Economy, economy; industry, Indus try. Somo rue of the Methodlstpreac liers o him plaeed III the ito vox before ilie (antral. —The Richmond Stale says that Mr. Valentin*, the srulptor, has mada eonsMera- Ma i-n-Ai s oh the sti(ae ot General John C. Itreekliffiblftp- which was ordered a few month, by (lie Jlreekcnrldfe Association of LcxitnthB, Ky. lie has alsu made an excellent likeness Of hi* subject from paintings and pbo- tnnrapbs at band. The figure ia lobe east in bronze, and Is to oe eignt feet high. —Tbe Pope has cxpiciscd Ins objection lo the propneed visit of tbe Emperor of Austria to tlie King of Italy, If It to to take place at Koine. —Tim late gofumor of Indiana, Blue Jeans Wtlll*ms,'ls to have a granite monument 2M feet * Inches high, to oust 2JMD. —Mr. Woollier, the English sculptor, has Just completed tho model of a fnll-alae statue of Mr. Gladstone, which is described aa admirable, both as a likeness and as a work of art. -Tho death Is announced, at tbe age of M, of tho Dowager Countess of Essex, who sixty or seventy yean ago, as Mlsa Stephens, was one of tho most popular singers aud ac- treses on the Loudon stage. —The late Lady Essex had drawn a jointure from the Essex estates for forty-three year*, lion ck are a terrible draught on many English land owners' incomes. Many have to pay two. somo three, nud there have been in stances of even four. —Archibald Forbes says that while in ■gland audiences are (airly demonstrative, American muUcncca arc, for the most part, silent and critical. The criterion of the satis faction of any American audience is whether it leave* In the middle or stays until tho lecturer has flnlshwi, —Sara Bernhardt lias again been ex citing the urath of the Italian nubile l>y her vagaries. The other night, at Milan, finding thnt her audience did nut applaud her quite as frantically us she would have Hied, bho nb- Georgla got up at conterence, a few years ' “he' * '* ago, and said be had a wife and six chil dren, had to pav house rent, and only re ceivcd $]00 for hto year’s work. Another b.-othor asked,“How did you do that?” Uo replied, “By financiering, by finan ciering I” v Let us do as wo ought, do what wo say no will, and * speak for a brighter future. Remember that payiug debts is more hon orable aud mauly thau making debts. The Near York World’* Employment Bureau. Tho lForfiTs Ingenious “employment bureau” is a success, and there is no doubt that it will be tried elsewhere. If tho Cincinnati Commercial should adopt it itmiebt recover tho “wants” from the JSmquirer. I went into the bureau yes terday—up at Broadway and Thirty-first street. Seventy-fire ladies were waiting to see tho gins who bad advertised, or were negotiating with those who had been summoned from another room. In tbai. inner apartment were a hundred or two girls wailing to be called. By advertising in tho World they have tho privilege of tbe bureau fora week aud go and stay there, while those who want servants go directly there in stead of ciiaajtig around town. It seems a mutual convenience, and the project certainly prospers. When a girl sends in her advertisement it roust bo accouipa- naied by her reforeuces; these the bureau take.; pains to verify, and then tlio paper K mblishes tbe advertisement, and gives ihr the hospitality oflhe headquarters. Ii is a novo! device, and is especially advan tageous Iu a city of magnificent distances I like this. A family in Mobile, troubled about the bud water In a well, had it explored. .11.1 :oand die body of n dmnl tubin'. In the botti m. A Kentucky journal wants the Legis- lature „f that .-into to pn*< a law decle*.ug all rnurd- rers lusuue, and thti* stop the expense of law suits. a nr. i Hi KS. Instead of retnlii ttgbcqr it Milwaukee drop inte poetry," as yt nett }i< fell ix.tq il.c editorial irftito & aS*t-.Vfjp n rki’oi;, • The ['re»s of lire United State* my to the Westcrtf Dak m Telegraph (sOiniMi j j<;orc tijrin a jraiJUou c MSftljyT . Tub Denver TV,' the fact, that ha* "DoresT, tbe Indicted thief,” to still of (he ilcimbllcan national committee recalls niplly left the theatre and refused to finish the programme. The well-bred Milanese mb mltted to the affront In silence, but the Italian papers expressed much natural indignation. —Tim Rev. Dr. Joseph Parker, who divides with Rev. C. If. Spurgeon the dictiuc- tlon of lieing the most popular preacher in London. Is fifty-two year* old. He ia a man of Iiowcrful physical structure, and is fond of athletic t-ports. In social converxntou he con denses what he has to say Into as few words as iiossible, but in tbe pulpit he expresses his ilioughts more freely. — Congressman S. S. Cox leefured one evening last week in Lincoln llall, Washing- ton, on the humor of the negro race. He tola the following story as an illiwtration: "While in tieorgia some Ume ago I happened to be passing along the street. ‘Hullo, 8am,' said a particularly black colored imn on the other side of the street, ‘llullo,’ 1 promptly replied, wlicrcu]ion the African aforesaid retorted, * 'Unse me, sah, I'sc 'dressing another cullud man.' ’’ —Paddy Ryan, the prize-fighter, has jmreluued a hotel at tlie Union stock-yards In —It is said that Ban Bntler is the com ing mnu for the gubernatorial honors of Massa chusetts. —Mr. Justice Miller is again well' enough to take his place on the bench of the Supreme Court —Victoria to now in the sixty-tliird year of her age, aud has been on the Uirone for forty-five years. —Dan Rice, tbe great clown, who has amused tens of thousands of people, is sold to be at Wheeling, West Virginia, almost penni less. —General Grant may have the satisfac tion of knowing that in foreign society journals his doings are chronicled among those of the nobility. —General Sherman and party were giv en a trip over the Mexican National railroad to Salado, several officers of the Mexican armv participating. —Robert Kidd, living in Austin county, is the oldest man in Texas. lie was bom In New k ork In July, 1774, and will consequently be 108 next July. —Tbe present Lord Mayor of London Is the first Irishman who ever held that office. His name Is McArthur, and lie began business as a draper In Londonderry. —The Earl of Crawford and Balcarras has engaged four spiritualists, who arc now at of the Republic*-. ____ A iiout one year ago a speculator bought the lamoa* Natural Bridge in Virginia for 818,- 000. He sold it to another party for* X and It has just been sold again for * 'X)|000i A PhiladeLphia colored man baa been making scrap books for twenty years. He has 100 volumes of chuaifiod matter, containing a great mass of historical aud scientific informa- An American company supported by General Wallace, the United State* minister at Constantinople, to endeavoring to obtain a concession for a-rallway in tbe province of Bag dad. A foreigner of excellent address who visited Richmond, Ya,, and was received into the best society there recently, is reported to be on escaped felon, and society to very much ex ercised over it. Private information has been received at Montreal from Borne, to the effect that the Dope has decided to send Dspal delegate to Canada, and that the name of the prelate who will fill nils position of Dust will be known within a few weeks. A Philadelphia man has Just been robbed of a much treasured breastpin. It (in sisted of a diamond set in a polished nail drawn Irom the foot of Maud 8. just after she had ac complished her feat iu Chicago. A New York reporter at a hotel hap pened to hear a Boston girl say: “The printed Khednle of edibles for the day does not reveal to me the fact that baked beans aro prepared for this meal, therefore, yon may serve mewith stale bread and black tea.” Baltimore job printers are seeking tbe passage of a law by the Maryland Legislature taxing amateur printer* SO each per annum, •nd requiring a license ot >60 per annum from outride job printer* who solicit printing in Bal- It to said that a count ol noses and close canvass of the situation Indicate the ln£^^ c ^ 0rtbWUa are * adto Princess Beatrice has just bad a very pretty dress made for her. The n«i«8.t c 9* or *d vIctiiui cloth, trimmed with striped moire and a new hand woven gold JiSSl 10 ,,r *id.wtth buttons to match. Aa tho drcawas nude with a habit bodice wc may in fer tho conUuued popularity of this form. * After examination of more than 18,- 000 iK-mons by the London Ophthalmolo«lcal Society, Us secretary publishes some curious In- , nbo , ut color-blindness. One of the {““Jringular facts recorded to that this defect iu vision is tar more common among men than a^p^mon.U^cxact Krecnufcbeing^ Mb. Hauano, of New Orleans, claims to have invented a process by which the ba- gosoe. or sugar cane after tho Juice has been taken out, may be uUltaed, and the fiber be preserved for the manufacture of bagging, ropes. Sic. By the same method he utfltaes sorghum cane and swamp reeds, all of which now^vorthjkaa! >e m * de °‘ ““toldvalue, though A novel kind of expert testimony was introduced in a Staten Island court The ex perts were not called to decide upon the insan ity of a prisoner or the handwriting of a rich man s will, but the nativity of an oyster. The question was whether die bivalve came from *cw Jersey or Staten Island, and the experts promptly identified him as a native of the lut- -ter place and a member of the prolific and toothsome hast river family. 1 The Duke of Sutherland and other rail way directors, representing the Great Northern, the Uradon and Northwestern and other. spiritual!! Dunccut House, brotlnnd, endeavoring. In clairvoyance, to see the violation of the tomb of his father. —Miss Fannie Lyle, a niece of Senator Lamar, of Mississippi, was married Thursday night to Mr. John J. Crawford, of the Post-Of fice Department, and son of Samuel T. Craw ford, of Glendale, IU. —Some malicious person, with a grudge against Cyrus W. Gicld, Inserted an ad vertisement in the evening papers that Mr. Field wanted fifty men. Tlie police were called upon to dL-qiersc tho crowd. —Max Maretzek, director of tbe Cincin nati College of Music, has abruptly severed hto connccUon with the college without resigna tion, claiming that Uic terms of his contract havo been violated by the college authorities. —Cardinal McCloskey, who was bom in Brooklyn in 1810, celebrated on Friday bto birthday and tho thirty-eighth anniversary of hto clecUon to tbe episcopacy. He to in fee ble health, and bto coadjutor attends to hto of ficial duties. —Of the twenty-nine graduates in med icine at the commencement'of the United States medical college. New York, Wednesday c W iling, three of the graduates were women, to one of whom, Mbs NelUc J. Shepherd, was awarded the gold medal for the best examina tion on nil subjects. —A new Russian actress will make her debut at the Theatre Francakc this season. Her name to Feyghlne. and she to a daughter of a rich merchant. She has a slender frame, Inured to hardship by long journeys on horsc- tiack over the steppes and through the forests of Russia. She to said to be original, and to have a'wild flavor, acquired in her independent youth. —In regard to Gen. Garfield’s pan in tho removal of Gen. Rosccrans, a Washington journal given a story that Montgomery Blafr as certained tliat President Lincoln was guided by Garfield's representations more than by any other influence. The recent publication of an alleged letter to Salmon P. Chase from the late President moves Gen. Rosccrans to remark that he would have court-martialed Gen. Garfield had he known of the communication. —Joaquin Miller’s first wire, “Minnie Myrtle," to dying over in New Jersey. She wrote poetry after he left her, then lectured, then married (I have forgotten hto name), but life has been a burden too severe for her and she ha* succumbed. Miller still lives with hto new wife (ae« Lcland), but be never speaks of her (or the baby) to his friends, never ac knowledges that be to married, always goes Into society without her, and has never been seen with her even on the street. —The Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, United States minister to Liberia, who died at Monrovia on February 13, was born In Mary land In 1817, and hto family nimo was origi nally Trusty. In 1822 bis father, with the Ito- bale family, who were slaves,ran away to Penn sylvania. where they took the name of Garnet. After a short stay they came to New York city, aud young Garnet began life by going to sea as a cabin boy. On hto return he entered Canaan Academy, but was driven away by a mob. He then went to the Oneida Institute, where be graduated. —Lord Wilton, who died in London on Monday, united In hto person a queer con glomeration of tastes and passion*:. Uo was a fox-hunter, race-rider, Lothario, psalm-singer, yachtsman, composer of sacred music ana or ganist, also a skillful surgeon, lie was pas sionately fond of the chase and of racing, and though of very slight and delicate build was noted for hto skill In mastering wild and vi cious horses. Tom Dawson, the famous turfite, once declared that there was “not such another Jockey in England.” They are Bolding 4 tie re. Philadelphia Times. Mr. Arthur should fish over toward Judge Blatchfonl's side of tho pond If he wants to catch a Supreme Judge that will stay on the hook. Two Ylewa ot It. AT. F. lieraid. Yon make a great mistake in thinking that the world wilt break all In pieces when you leave 1L It to barely possible, on the other hand, that you are persistently standing in tho way of a better man. panics, have made experiments with a m automatic Vacuumhrakc. It was found pos ble to atop a trainflkvellnc fifty miles an ho 1 within a distance of on a level line of yards. A Memorable St. Valentine’* Day. On SL Valentine’s day the 141st grand monthly drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery took place with its usual regu larity under the sole management of-Gen- erals G. T. Beauregard of Louisiana, aud Jubal A- Early of Virgiu’a, The first capital, $30,000, was sold in halves and drawn by tickft No. 05,785-one-half to Hermann D. Hartjen, No. 100 Raymond St., Brooklyn, L. 1.; tho other half by a worthy hatter, also of Brooklyn, Mr. Michael Doyle, of 309 Kent Ave. The second capital, $10,000, also sold In halves, drawn by No. 70,851—one collect-id by F, G. Bush & Co., of Mobile, Ala.; the other by a party whose name is withheld. Tho third capital, $5,000, also sold iu halves, drawn by No. 18,790, held by Mr. M. Michaelis, 345 Blue Island Ave., Chicago, HI., the other by Henry Hamilton, also of Chicago, III. The two fourth capital prizes of $2,500 each were drawn by No. 20,903, In halves also—one to Edgar Ack- erly, of No. SOS ijecocd St-, Newark, X. J.; the other half's owner's name with held ; tlie other prize by No. 2,90S, sold to parties (whose names are withheld) at Galvestou, Texas, a^d Chapel llill, .V C. There were also many others. The next, drawing (the 143d) will occur ou Apr 1 jltli, of which all information can be hsd by communicating with M. A. Dauphin, New Orleans, La. The ancient temples of Egypt aro b lieved to contain the oldest timber in tl world, in the shape of dowel pins, which a; Mil* lg££Ki*£: S£$?t M-°e or shlttim wood, in ancient times a sacred tn In Egypt. —A. E. Hamish, the sculptor, has r turned from Rome and placed on exhibition I Charleston, 8. C., three models, from which tl CalhounMonnmcnt Association will select or for tbe proposed monument and statue of tl famous Southern statesman. The design tin meets with most favor represents MrTCalhoi: as haying risen from hto seat in the Senate. II nrsutlc has fallen off and lies upon tho cha behind him. He to in the aet of speaking, wit hto right hand raised and the index finger c: tended In hto characteristic attitude. Ti statue to intended to be 15 feet high, and tl entire monument 43 feet. Potato flour, or the dried pulp of tl potato, to attaining considerable important In the arts—go much so. In tact, that In Lane shire. England, some 20,000 tons of it to sold a nually, and Its market value to stated to 1 much greater than that of wheat flour. Tl article to extensively used for siring and otht ■Kft»V8SMSlEs4rll wS'rsstsgffi' When a special palace car was use for Modjeska, the actress, it was utilised as a advertising medium, the sides being cmblazo ed like a circus car. This season Booth an Fattl have each had a special car, but a plal one as to exteriors, though the interiors were I each Instance handsomely and conveniently a Pi***- Next tall 1-ott Maggie Mitchell, Map; An demon, and seven other stars will travel in the same comfortab manner. ..Except In the largest cities, they wl eat as well as sleep In their can. A case of considerable interest is no before the Supreme Court of tbe United Stati from the State of Virginia. It seems that Wn I*. Fartob, of Virginia, purchased a number i staves from George Rives, of the same State, I lsta paying him a portion of the purcha monev and giving bond for the residue. Tt defenuanraow chums that It was a Confederal contract. If a contract at all; and further, tin under Lincoln's emancipation the negroes wci free at the time of their sale. The case to a Interesting one, and to attracting constderabl attention. The Chinese minister, with his inte: prater, called nt the house of Secretary Frellni bnysen a day or two since, when Mbs Frellni huysen ottered him a cup of tea. The mlntoti drank the tea, and remarked vciy coolly: ,r to of medium quality, 1 will send you someth] to really fine.” The next dnv .-.tie receive] with his compliments, two jirettv boxes of ti andai«tirof vase* of exquisitely curved whi wood. The diplomat nitorwaid explained tin only the Chinese grandees get the battqaalil of tea. Foreigners may pay what they chocs they cannot get It The present Chinese New Year celt bratlon has been signalized by tlie arrival i San Francisco of the new President of the 8at Yup Company by the last steamer from Chlni He held a judicial position of tome dignity i home, and it to said that the reason of his Stic tion for the new office to tliat, possessing a kee discrimination of human character, he will li eminently fitted to weed out the worst clcmct of the Chinese imputation and send them hue to lie dealt with under the laws of their nativ laud, which means to the highbinder deeapfb tlon. The acknowledged emolumtuts of th office consist mainly in a monthly stipend ( 1300 and living expenses. Tue renowned title of Rlthelieu i borne to-day by a widow of 22 and her intar son, aged 7- The tato Duke died at 32. lie ha quiet tastes, and was very much respected, dukedom is onoof those inheritances bvfei (In default of mricl heirs, nr It would since have l>ee:i extinct. Tin* late Duke inherited 1l Ho found himself with m quite inadequate to support his nosition. made a marriage, which seems to have I unite ns much for Hove a- I *»r money, Heine, an attractive youug lady of. M.lile .... origin. An assembly of artis's and men of ters have just founded a monthly club d —the waistcoat dinner. They met at Vo on Thursday. Every member was exm-ct wear an extraordinary waistcoat, in whlc mast pot appear twice. The Baron d’Esji, for instance, was crimson-breuMcd ; M. .\ wore gold and dead Iruo s; M. ltourgniu, blue, «itli ships of all shapes cut out In w I'oiipot. the painter, had h yellow wntoi studded will) red fencing f-iils: Baron Ue exhibited a htack and silver garment 1! .-■tii*;! pall. The actre prvwut—numb among them Mine. l*icc<do. >-f the Potato H Marguerite, oi tlie Vaiietes, uie! Renee Ma -were uncontrolled as to costume, but hi iav their score in songs. Loud Justice Cotton, an Enj judge held in high respect,has lately pointe that the containing of mere boj s for tri the assizes, with ali the paraphernalia of 1 jury. Judge, jury, Ore., is an absurdity, one they ought t > receive instead a sound birr b> magistrate's order iax all !mys of the hi class do at nubile school.1 and then be charged. The home secretary is to tntrod 1.111 to facilitate this mode of punish men to contended that a boy who hasonee bet jail eurrtes the stigma through life, an< often becomes a hardened miscreant, wh fine to useless, as be cannot pay one.
